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Died on Monday October 13, 2008
- Elisabeth Anna Caroline van Robiano (68), Wenen
- Aaltje Wiegman (89), Hengelo
- Audrey De Blauw (81), Orange City (Sioux), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
- Charles Félix Nicolas Robillant (81), Aubonne, 25029, France
- Dirk Adrianus de Vreugd (103), Rijswijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
- Aida Carney (89), Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Cornelia Maria HENDRIKS (84), Warffum
- Annie Harst (70), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
- Anna Maria Margaretha (Marietje) Stöver (85), Eindhoven, 5632 NL, Nederland
- Cornelia Fondse (86), Ripon, San Joaquin, California, Verenigde Staten
Born on October 13
- 1989 » Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, member of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress
- 1989 » Breno Borges, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 » Clive Rose, Australian cricketer
- 1989 » Luke Kelly, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 » Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer
- 1990 » Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer
- 1990 » Emma Flood, Norwegian tennis player
- 1994 » Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 » Jimin, South Korean singer with BTS
- 2001 » Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
Died on October 13
- 2004 » Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (b. 1928)
- 2004 » Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1915)
- 2005 » Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (b. 1942)
- 2006 » Wang Guangmei, Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
- 2007 » Bob Denard, French soldier and academic (b. 1929)
- 2008 » Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1989)
- 2009 » Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (b. 1935)
- 2010 » Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2011 » Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1907)
- 2012 » Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Thomas
- Benjamin
- Gijs
- Ruben
- Lucas
- Pieter
- Ashton
- Jan
- Daan
- Sem
- Noah
- Lars
- Sam
- Thijs
- Milan
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Marieke
- Emma
- Julia
- Femke
- Anna
- Sanne
- Sophie
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Jasmijn
- Maria
- Fleur
- Sanneke
- Eva
- Milou
- Nina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2008
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
- February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
- May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
- June 11 » Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
- September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
- November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
- December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
Weather October 13, 2008
The temperature on October 13, 2008 was between 10.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.